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Claudius has made himself a monarch again, standing at the head of a shrieking horde of desperate peasantry who believe he can unbar the door to that heavenly place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

"Some one is surely in distress," said Shakespeare, rising, "suffer me to unbar the door."

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry

What humble hands unbar those gates of morn Through which the splendors of the new day burst.

From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)

He didn’t look as if the task were an agreeable one and the lads placed themselves beside him as he advanced and with trembling hands tried to unbar the door.

From Dorothy's House Party by Raymond, Evelyn

Uncle Pullet had seen the party from the window, and made haste to unbar and unchain the front door.

From Tom and Maggie Tulliver by Eliot, George